The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-15
BALF0UR'S LIFE In PERIL
HE SLEEPS IN THE TOWN HALL AT
MANCHESTER UNDER GUARD.

The Police Warned of a Plot to Assas.
sinate Him-His Foes Nearly Capture
the Meeting BE Addressed at Night
His Speech Full of Scathing Denun
citation.
LONDON, Dec. 14.--Mr. Balfour, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, addressed an i'm
mense assemblage in Free Trade Hall al
Manchester tonight. In consequence Of
warnings that plot had been formed to MS
sassinate Mr. Balfour, police guarded the
approaches to the platform, and were sta
toned at various points in the
interior of the hall The barricades
around Free Trade Hall were extended
to the Town Hall where Mr.. Balfour sleeps
under guard. As Mr.. Balfour appeared
upon the platform the cheering of portion
of the audience failed to drown the Kisses Of
another portion. The preliminary speaking
was amid great disorder. A number Of
tights took place and many persons were
elected from the hall. The malcontent
element was finally subdued.
TREvELYAN RIDICULED
Mr.. Balfour in an elaborate criticism on
his most recent speeches in favor of home
rule, compared Sir George Trevelyan to
Bunyan's Pitiable, who started with Chris
tian on the right road, remained a short
time, but falling into the slough of despond
promptly used violent language toward his
former companions, and finally returned to
The city of destruction. The Radical party
in January, 1886, thought that every
thing was right which they had
thought wrong in December, 1885. Wheel
ing about at Mr.. Gladstone's word of com
mand, with the regularity of soldiers on
parade they had gone now into the ranks
of the Parnellites, changing not only their
old policy but their old morality. [Cheers.l
sULLIED THEIR PARTY FOREVER.
They had sullied the character of their
party forever. With the deterioration Of
their moral fibre the Radicals had adopted
the methods Of their Irish allies. These had
long been accustomed to copious streams Of
violent rhetoric, which made them incapa
bic of that sobriety of statement which the
country expected from practical statesmen.
The utterances even of the foremost Separ
atist leaders showed an increasing want OF
moral perception. Mr.. Gladstone
had been forced to retract some
of the assertions made by him
in his infamous speech at Nottingham,
but only under the threat of a lawyers let
ter. Mr.. Trevelyan had said that the farm
ers in Ireland were being evicted by whole
sale. The fact was thatsduring the first
three months of Mr.. Trevelyan's administrar
ton as Chief Secretary of Ireland there
were S5S evictions, while for the same
period Of the speakers tenure of Office
the evictions numbered only 132
After rebutting the statements of Mr.. Dill
lon and others on the condition of ireland,
he concluded by predicting the triumph Of
order under the policy of the government.
REFUSED TO SIGN THE ADDRESS.
DUBLIN Dec l4--The Express says that
the Duke of Norfolk and Sir George Erring
ton, both of whom are prominent Catholics
declined to sign the address which is TO be
presented by the English Catholics TO Mgr
Persico in favor of home rule for Ireland. II
says also that Cardinal Manning is debarred
by etiquette from signing it.
Four additional summonses have been
served on Timothy Harrington for publish
ing reports Of doiDgs of suppressed branches
Of the league.
LANDLORDS IN CONVENTION.
At a convention of landlords to-day Mr.
French, agent of Lord Landsdowne, advo
Gated State advances to landlords to enable
them to pay mortgages accepting rental as
security. Mr.. Everard favored this pro-
posal and said this was the landlords last
chance.